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Civil Rights Nominee Kenneth Marcus Won't Protect All Students' Civil Rights News & Analysis 02/27/2018 by Jen Herrick On October 30, President Trump nominated Kenneth Marcus  to lead the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. The Senate …

The Progressive Happy Hour: The Census is a Civil Rights Issue News & Analysis 02/23/2018 by Christin "Cici" Battle Drew Courtney For some people the census is a form they fill out every ten years and never think about again, but the decennial census …

New Analysis Shows SCOTUS Union Case Will Particularly Impact Black Women News & Analysis 02/23/2018 by Layne Amerikaner On Monday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Janus v. AFSCME , an enormously important case that threatens to undercut the …

Unusual Friend-of-the-Court Briefs May Make a Difference in Crucial Supreme Court Union Case News & Analysis 02/21/2018 by Elliot Mincberg This post originally appeared on Medium. Later this month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in  Janus v. …

The Progressive Happy Hour: One Year of Jeff Sessions News & Analysis 02/16/2018 by Christin "Cici" Battle Drew Courtney Diallo Brooks Jeff Sessions has now been attorney general for one year, and under his leadership, much of the Justice Department’s …

Trump's Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominees Hall of Shame Gains a New Member News & Analysis 02/15/2018 by Paul Gordon With Donald Trump in the White House, it seems that hostility to LGBTQ equality is a ticket to a lifetime position as a federal judge. Kyle …

PFAW Announces Endorsements of History-Making Candidates for Governor News & Analysis 02/15/2018 by Katie O'Connell People For the American Way is proud to endorse three dynamic 2018 gubernatorial candidates—all young, all people of color, and all running …

Congress Must Protect Dreamers, Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, and Asylum Seekers News & Analysis 02/15/2018 by Jen Herrick Demonizing immigrants and threatening their basic survival has nothing to do with protecting the best interests of the American …

PFAW and AAMIA Join Justice Roundtable in Supporting the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act News & Analysis 02/15/2018 by Jen Herrick On February 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee considered the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act —bipartisan …

Michael Brennan’s Record Demonstrates Why He Should Not Be Confirmed News & Analysis 02/14/2018 by Marge Baker People For the American Way wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 19 and described in detail the dangerous breach of long-standing …